help! I’m getting confusing and conflicting resume advice! by Alison Green on September 20, 2012 Posts this week will include some reprints of older posts that I still love. This post was originally published on September 30, 2009. A reader writes: Last week, I did a complete overhaul of my resume, specifically to cut it down from 2 pages to 1, because I keep hearing (from friends who work in […] Read the full article →
when your manager won’t manage by Alison Green on September 20, 2012 Posts this week will include some reprints of older posts that I still love. This post was originally published on August 29, 2008. A reader writes: I work in a cultural/academic/non-profit institution, and am part of a professional community small enough that I don’t wish to identify it, lest one of my colleagues identify *me*. […] Read the full article →
why you’re getting so many re-published posts this week by Alison Green on September 19, 2012 Cottage. Farm. Crackling fire. Goats. Read the full article →
can you be a good manager if you’re shy? by Alison Green on September 19, 2012 Posts this week will include some reprints of older posts that I still love. This post was originally published on August 24, 2010. A reader writes: I’m shy. Sometimes people misinterpret this as aloofness or snobbery. Being outgoing and making friends with everyone I meet has never been a part of my personality. I just […] Read the full article →
why do employers do preliminary phone interviews? by Alison Green on September 19, 2012 Since employers usually have far more qualified job applicants than they can realistically interview, they often use preliminary phone interviews to screen candidates and narrow down their pool before bringing finalists in to talk in-person. But what are employers really looking for in these phone screens? Are they just checking to make sure you’re not […] Read the full article →
how to take criticism gracefully by Alison Green on September 19, 2012 Posts this week will include some reprints of older posts that I still love. This post was originally published on July 4, 2007. If your manager takes the time to give you feedback, looking petulant and defensive and perhaps even outright pissed off — as someone did to me last week — isn’t going to […] Read the full article →
wee answer Wednesday: 7 short answers to 7 short questions by Alison Green on September 19, 2012 It’s wee answer Wednesday — 7 short answers to 7 short questions. Here we go… 1. Did this hiring manager lie to my reference? I just got off the phone with a former colleague. I interviewed a few months ago with a company and the hiring manager had just called her asking about me. I […] Read the full article →
my coworker’s cell phone noises are driving me crazy by Alison Green on September 18, 2012 A reader writes: We have a new person who just joined our Employee Relations team and she seems like a nice person, though I don’t know her too well yet. She’s on her third week with us. The way our cubes are set up is we’re in a line of cubes with someone who sits […] Read the full article →
be honest about employee problems by Alison Green on September 18, 2012 Posts this week will include some reprints of older posts that I still love. This post was originally published on January 24, 2008. Do you have an employee whose performance you’re unhappy with? Tell them. Do you have an employee who you strongly suspect isn’t going to work on in the long-term? Tell them. All […] Read the full article →
application deadlines are misleading you by Alison Green on September 18, 2012 Posts this week will include some reprints of older posts that I still love. This post was originally published on October 28, 2010. You know when you see a job posting and it lists an application deadline? And then you figure you have until that deadline to apply? Well, you might not. Here’s why: A […] Read the full article →